Reply to "Rules question of the day"

JohnF5,000+ posts

@NewUmpire posted:
And the streak continues
Yesterday's answer A.
JohnF had the correct thought process. Something in his reply caught my eye. Maybe I read it wrong … "Don't be fooled into your knowledge that a pitched ball must pass through the strike zone "in flight" to be ruled a strike if the batter doesn't swing (even on those dropped 3rd type situations)." I interpret this as saying a bounced pitch not swung at can be called a strike.
Yet 7.2.1.a reads … A strike is charged to the batter when: a. A pitch enters any part of the stroke zone in flight and is not struck at.
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You'll note I said "A-yup" ;-) as part of my first paragraph - it was a hint...

"In flight" to me means it doesn't bounce... Once it bounces no called strike, but I'm also not calling foul immediately if a batter swings at the bounced pitch and makes contact... Imagine doing that and the ball is hit for a HR... Quick let me grab the *other* end of the stick.

4/24/2012:01 PM

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